Murray Herbert Saunders

Murray Saunders
Date of birth: 
Saturday, 10 November 1906
Marital status: 
single
Ethnicity/Nationality: 
Canadian
Profession: 
chauffeur; farm worker
Hometown(s): 
Hamilton, Ontario; Kyle, Saskatchewan; United States; Edmonton, Alberta
Education: 
elementary school; party classes
Political affiliation: 
Communist Party of Canada, 1934
Affiliations to union and social groups: 
Relief Camp Workers' Union; Involved in strikes and demonstrations
Approximate date arrived in Spain: 
1937-05-24
Unit: 
15th Corps Sanidad; 1st Corps motorized; 35 Division: Transport; Ambulance driver; Auto Park
Final status: 

Served a 10 day prison sentence, possibly for "refusing to guard"; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died in 1981

Disciplinary record in Spain: 
Reportedly "Left of his own accord"; Also jailed for 10 days
Sources: 
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 568, ll. 20-23, 28-29, 33-37; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry
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